George Ortman

(Untitled)
1964

A graphic print featuring a central circular motif with geometric patterns in yellow and white, surrounded by various shapes including crosses and circles, as well as upward and downward arrows. The background has a textured yellow pattern with vertical dripping lines at the bottom.
A graphic print featuring a central circular motif with geometric patterns in yellow and white, surrounded by various shapes including crosses and circles, as well as upward and downward arrows. The background has a textured yellow pattern with vertical dripping lines at the bottom.

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Date
1964

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint and die-cut

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 × 20in. (61 × 50.8 cm) Image: 22 × 16in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm)

Accession number
96.53.1

Edition
102/500

Publication
Printed by Ives-Sillman, Inc.; printed by Sirocco Screenprints, Inc.; published by Wadsworth Atheneum

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Transfer, from the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Special Collections, Whitney Museum of American Art

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/10297

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George Ortman
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